Railway-ticket-receipt punch



G. C. PETERSON.

RAILWAY TICKET RECEIPT PUNCH.

APPUCATION FILED SEPT. 10. 1920.

Patented Feb. 7, 1922.

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RAILWAY-TICKET-RECEIPT PUNCH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. '7, 1922.

Application filed September 10, 1920. Serial No. 409,445.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUST C. PETERSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Jamestown, in the county of Chautauqua and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Ticket-Receipt Punches, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a speci fication.

The invention relates to punches for railway fares and. the object of the improvement is to provide a double punch, one which will cutout an entire ticket'leaving a. marginal skeleton,- the punched out portion serving as a receipt for the fare, yet permitting being sold in strips or books to passengers, a special form being provided for cash fare receipts, and the other punch being provided for punchingv transfers, a receptacle being provided for the punched out receipt tickets, and a register being also provided for each receipt so as to automatically register the number of fares,- whether cash or ticket fares are'received by the conductor; and the invention consists in the novel features and combinations hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the drawings, Figurel is a perspective view of the complete railway fare punch showing the" double punch and register. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the ticket strip with three tickets cut therefrom, and two tickets unpunched;- and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the cash fare receipt with the unpunched cash fare portion printed thereon ready for punching therefrom. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the under side of the punch; and Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view of the ticket punch and locked ticket receptacle lengthwise of the punch jaws showing the construction and arrangement of the same.

Like characters of reference refer to corresponding parts in the several views.

The numeral 10 designates the double punch which is preferably provided with the parallel jaws 11 and 12 for punching or cutting out the ticket recelpt, said parallel jaws being preferably of the punch type in which said jaws are formed separate from the handle portions 13 and 14, though pivotally attached thereto, which handle portions are held apart by the coil spring 15, thereby holding and returning the parts into position in normal readiness for punching a new ticket or cash fare receipt.

The upper jaw 11 is provided with the cutting punch 16 on its under side, which punch block is preferably made at an in cline from its crosswise central portion, as shown in solid and dotted line in Fig. a, the inclined shape giving a shearing out to said die as it fits and passes into the die 17 in the lower jaw 12. Said lower jaw 12 is provided with acrosswise slot 18 into which the ticket strip 19 or receipt 21 is inserted to punch the same, the cutting punch 16 and die 17 being the correct size to out out the ticket receipt portions 20 or '22 from the ticket strip 19 or receipt 21. The strip 19 preferably has a refund after all the tickets are punched.

A cash fare receipt 21 is also provided to be given by the conductor, having a central ticket receipt portion 22 which is punched from the receipt 21 and retained in the receipt receptacle 23, and which also preferably has a refund attached thereto the same as strip 19 so that the skeleton receipts will be retained by the passenger and returned to the company in order to obtain the refund thereon, thereby giving a second means for checking up the cash fare and ticket accounts of the conductor.

The tickets or receipts 20 and 22 are pressed downward into a receptacle 23 which has a locked door 24, the key of the lock 25 being retained at the company ofiice so that the conductor in collecting tickets and. fares punches a receipt for every ticket or fare collected which he must return to the company, not being able to change said cash fares or ticket receipts for transfers as may so easily be done by a dishonest conductor under the present systems.

A register 26 is provided on the top of the jaw 11, which register is operated by means of the spring pin 27, which has the plate 28 on its lower end,the plate 28 pressing onto theticket 20 or cash fare 22 as it is punched from the strip 19 or receipt 21, thereby actuating the register 26 one step or numeral.

The preferably parallel jaws 11 and 12 are slotted at their inner ends slidably working on the pins 29 and 30. The handles 13 and '14 extend forward around the slotted inner ends of the jaws 11 and 12 and are pivoted on the pins 31 and 32. A plate 33 is pivoted on the 32 at one end and has the slot 3 1 therein in which the pin 31 slidably operates.

The plate 33 is pivotally attached at 35 to J V i .the latter and into said lower aw, a cutting punch depending from the upper jaw and operable in' 'the transverse opening of the the punch bar 36, which punch bar is pivotally attached to the lug 87 by the pin 38 and has the punch 39 on its outer end,

which fits in the openingd), thereby form- I,

ing a simple and convenient punch for punching time, date and route on a transfer, which punch may be made in different shapes for the different conductors, if deemed best. The transfer punch 39 10 can be used without actuating the register 26 since there is no ticket for'the'actuating plate 28 of the register 26 to press against when said punch 39&0 is actuated.

It is apparent that the movement of the handles 13 and 14 actuate the jaws 11 and 12 through the leverage around the central or pivoting pin 41 and that thereby the punch bar 36 will be actuated to move the punch 39 into the hole 40.

It is also apparent that the ticket strip 19 or cash fare 21 may be arranged toregister alongside the slot 18 so that it will be correctly punched in cutting out the ticket 20 or cash fare 22. A screw eye 42 is preferably provided on the top of the upper jaw 11 as 1 shown for attaching to the belt of the conductor so that the 1 punch may hang freely in balanced position from said eyelet and be in convenient position for immediate use by the conductor.

What is claimed is:

1. A double railway ticket punch comprising parallel jaws having handles attached thereto to actuate the same, a punch on the V underside of the upper jaw, a die in the lower jaw to receive said punch to out a port10n from the ticket, 2. platev pivotally attached to said upper parallel jaw and pivotally and slidably attached to a pin on said 1 upper jaw, a transfer punchbar pivotally attached to the upper end of said plate and pivotally supported on said upper jaw a spaced distance from the upper end of said plate, said punch'bar having a punch on the 1 forward end'thereof, said jaw having a die opening therein to actuate said punch by pressing together the handles thereof, sub; stantially as and for the purpose specified.

'2. In aticket punch, a pair of pivotally connected jaws, the lower of which has a cutaway part onits under face and having a transverse opening extending through its upper face and through thecutaway part, a receptacle having a top fitted in said outaway part and having. an ppening alined with said jaw opening, fastening means extending from thQ IITrtQPIOI' of the top through lowerjaw, a register on the upper a vertical spring pressed pin extending through the upper jaw tooperate the register, and a plate on the lower end of the pin to press on the ticket strip.

8. In a ticket punch, a pair of pivoted jaws, aregister, a'lever-pivoted on top of the upper'jaw, a punch carried by the lever,

a punch carried by the'upper aw',-'mea'ns to operate the lever, means to actuate the register only'upon cutting movement of the punch of the upper jaw, and means to actuate the punch of the leverto the exclusion of register. 7 7

4. In a ticket punch, a pair of'pivoted j aws, a register carried by one jaw, a punch carried by one of the jaws, meansjto actuate the-register only-"upon cutting movement of the punch, a-second punch, and means't'o actuate-the second punch to the'exclusionof the register by and upon movement of said aw I 5. In a ticket punch, a pair of pivoted jaws, a register carried'by one j aw,'a" punch carried by one of the jaws, and a'sliding vertlcal spring pressed pin for operating the register borne by said first jaw andoperata ticket engaging part arranged in advanc ofthepunch. V I 1 6. In aticket punch, a;pa ir of pivotally.

connected jaws, the lower of which 'has a cutaway part on ts under face and having. a

ing'transverselytherethrough and-having transwrsg. p n g eXtQndiDg through its upper face and through the cutaway part, a receptacle having atop fitted'in. said cutaway part and having an opening alined with saidjaw openin fastening means extending from the interior of the'top through'the.

latter and into said lower jaw, a cutting punch depending from the upper jaw and operablein thet'ransverse opening of the lower jaw, a register, and means-to operate I the register upon 'operatlon of the cutting V 'L. M. BALDWIN. 

